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Eva dressing Uncle Tom.

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Image ID

ps_prn_cd19_287


Item data

Title

Eva dressing Uncle Tom.

Collection

Uncle Tom's cabin

Names

Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878 (Artist)
Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896 (Author)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1852
Place: London
Publisher: John Cassell

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection
Shelf locator: MEM C955su (Stowe, H. E. B. Uncle Tom's cabin)

Subjects

African Americans -- Southern States
Enslaved persons -- Southern States
Slavery -- Southern States
Uncle Tom (Fictitious character)

Genres

Prints

Notes

Content: Arents copy accompanied by: Holograph note (2 p.), signed Hartford, June 30, 1891, beginning "Has there ever been a child like Eva? Yes."
Content: Arents copy: Parts issue; partly unopened.
Content: Called "the first English edition" by Hildreth, but cf. BAL 19518.
Content: Copy in MEM: Duyckinck Collection.
Content: Illustrations: 28 prints : wood engraving ; full-page. By T. Williams, Wm. Measom, M. Jackson and others, after Cruikshank. -- Vignette on t.p. (detail of a full-page ill.)
Content: Notice of "Mrs. Stowe and her family" (p. [xv]-xxii) largely based upon an article from Fraser's magazine, 1852,v. 46, p. 518-525.
Content: Originally issued in 13 weekly pts., beginning Oct. 23, 1852. Title page and other prelims. in pt. 13.
Content: Parts issue: Each pt. (no.) in buff paper covers. Publisher's and general advertisements on p. [2-4] of covers.
Content: Publisher's advertisements: p. [392]
Content: Spencer Coll. copy: Parts issue. A sheet of sketches preliminary to the plate facing p. 22, with the artist's autograph, is laid in no. 8.
Ownership: ARNBIP103
Statement Of Responsibility: by Harriet Beecher Stowe ; with twenty-seven illustrations on wood by George Cruikshank, Esq.

Physical Description

Wood engravings
Extent: 1 print : wood engraving.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14005110
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 9de62700-c607-012f-83d0-58d385a7bc34

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1852

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MLA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "Eva dressing Uncle Tom." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1852. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9de62700-c607-012f-83d0-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. (1852). Eva dressing Uncle Tom. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9de62700-c607-012f-83d0-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "Eva dressing Uncle Tom." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/9de62700-c607-012f-83d0-58d385a7bc34

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